Stories from Thursday, November 3, 2016

The Bloomfield High School NJROTC recently hosted their annual Cardinal Competition, Oct. 15 in Bloomfield. The group faced four other Indiana NJROTC units and one from Kentucky. More than 175 cadets from Bloomfield, Anderson, Floyd Central, Pike, Washington and Shawnee Mission High in Kentucky competed in various NJROTC events, including Air Rifle, Academics, Color Guard, Unarmed Regulation Drill and Uniformed Personnel Inspection, as well as in five separate athletic events towards an overall Athletic Trophy.. ...

To the Editor: As an educator of 37 years in Greene County I would like to ask voters to consider Steve Lindsey for state representative. Steve is a long time supporter of public schools. Many times Steve has helped at cross country, track and basketball events. ...

Fellow Hoosiers, With the election quickly approaching, I wanted to quickly tell you the candidate I will be supporting for Attorney General— Curtis Hill. As a fellow prosecutor, I have gotten to know Curtis personally and know him to be a man of strong conviction, integrity and competence. ...

BLOOMINGTON -- Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter isn’t alone when he explains the importance of accessible AED’s when someone goes into cardiac arrest. Just ask the family of Danny Rhoad, a 13-year-old Westfield boy whose life was saved by an AED earlier this year. Danny was playing baseball when a ball struck him in the chest. When coaches ran to a concession stand where an AED was stored, they were able to use the defibrillator to restore Rhoad’s heartbeat...

Camron Brice Burris, 27, Bloomington, was arrested on preliminary charges of intimidation. No bond is set.

The Linton Police Department responded to 11 incidents for service Thursday, including one abandoned vehicle, one property damage accident, one bank/residential alarm, three assists to other departments, one child neglect, one interview, one juvenile complaint, one suspicious activity and one title check...

The Head Start in Linton will have a second location to house students soon, thanks to the help of a Linton man. Rob Turpin is in the process of having the second classroom built next to the Jo Etta’s Pizza Villa in Linton. Head Start is a federally-funded preschool program catered to offering educational services to low-income families. Currently, Head Start utilizes the building on First Street NE in a building owned by Linton-Stockton School Corporation...

The Thunderbirds must rain on unbeaten West Washington Friday night if they want to win the first sectional in school history. Eastern (9-2) travels to West Washington (11-0), the fourth-ranked team in Class 1A football, at 7 p.m. Friday for the Sectional 47 championship. Last year, the Senators defeated Eastern 34-21 in the second round of the sectional, then edged North Decatur 14-6 for the championship...

The Linton Street Department will soon start fall leaf pick up. Tim Turpin, with the Linton Street Department, said leaf pick up will begin the week of Nov. 14. Depending on weather conditions in the coming weeks, Turpin said the goal is to continue the pick-up schedule until the first of December...

The Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library will start offering computers and other electronic equipment for patrons to check-out, beginning at the end of November, according to Library Director Austin Stroud. The new equipment was made possible by an LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) grant the library received from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Indiana State Library...

Glowdene Sweet, 86, of Jasonville passed away at 11:25 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 in Shakamak Good Samaritan Center, Jasonville with her family by her side. She was born Feb.2, 1930 in Jasonville to Harry H. Pipes and Bonnie O. (Hardesty) Pipes. Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Richard D. ...

Evahjean McCarter, age 79, of Linton, passed away Thursday morning, Nov. 3, 2016, at her residence. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton and will be posted when available. Online condolences can be sent at www.welchcornett.com...

JASONVILLE - The ball didn’t bounce Shakamak’s way at the end of Thursday’s girls basketball game against West Vigo. Trailing 29-23 after three quarters, the Lady Lakers fought back, outscoring the Lady Vikings 9-3 over the first six minutes of the final stanza to forge a 32-all tie...